Family: Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)

Authority: Falla, 1933

Red List Category

Criteria: A4de

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Justification of Red List category
The population trend of this albatross remains poorly known, due to high inter-annual variability in breeding numbers and estimates prior to 2007 are not comparable with those made since. Analysis of recent data suggest that the trend may in fact be stable, but the species remains categorised as Near Threatened given the continuing uncertainty over its trend and because, given its longevity and slow productivity, and a high rate of mortality recorded in longline and trawl fisheries, it may be declining at a moderately rapid rate.

Population size: 203600

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 114,000,000 km²

Country endemic: Yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Oceanic
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome